BROADCAST NEWS DIRECTORS AND NEW MEDIA CONTENT PROVIDERS:  Leaders of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden and the Muslim American Association of Voorhees signed a historic letter of cooperation and understanding February 21 at the Muslim Mosque in Voorhees, Camden County.

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GPN-CathMusWrap2 - Wrapper report on the signing with audio sound bits from Camden Bishop Joseph Galante, Jewish Community Relations Council Executive Director Alan Respler, and Muslim Community leader Zia Rahman (pronounced RAHK mon). 1:51 standard outcue

BROADCAST NEWS DIRECTORS AND NEW MEDIA CONTENT PROVIDERS:  Leaders of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden and the Muslim American Association of Voorhees signed a historic letter of cooperation and understanding February 21 at the Muslim Mosque in Voorhees, Camden County.

Here is the first of two audio wrapper reports from the event that may be used in radio newscasts or crosslinked to your web news reports. Please credit the Global Podcast News division of Professional Podcasts LLC.

GPN-CathMusWrap1 - Wrapper report on the signing with audio sound bits from Camden Bishop Joseph Galante. 1:24 standard outcue

This podcast is JCRC Podcast #3, a recording of the 38th annual Middle East Institute, an annual conference designed to educate the community and foster understanding about current topocs relevant to Israel and the Middle East, through commentaries by experts with varying perspectives and backgrounds. Our program this year is entitled "Understanding Israel's Neighborhood and how it affects its survival." Our panelists are Micah Halpern, an expert on the middle east and Islamic fundamentalism; Dr. Harvey Sicherman, president of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and Dr. Yossi Olmert, a former member of the Israeli government, and brother of current Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. The program is moderated by Howard Joffe and runs about two hours and 15 minutes. This podcast and the Middle East Institute are sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Southern New Jersey. This program was recorded February 4, 2007. The program is introduced by Henry Maurer, president of the JCRC. Images

JCRC President Henry Maurer (left) and Dr. Harvey Sicherman , president of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

David Shevrin, JCRC Vice President and Middle East Institute program chairman

Micah Halpern, Middle East analyst and expert on Islamic fundamentalism

Dr. Yossi Olmert, former Israeli government official and brother of current Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

JCRC Executive Director Alan Respler (left) chats with Institute Moderator Howard Joffe before the panel discussion.

(Photos copyright © 2007 Steven L. Lubetkin. All rights reserved.) Download the podcast file here (106.2mb mono MP3 file, 02:27:15 length).

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This podcast is JCRC Podcast #2, a recording of a conversation with Jay Bushinsky, KYW Newsradio's Middle East Bureau Chief, sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey. This program was recorded October 19, 2006. The program is introduced by Richard Goldstein, president of the Jewish Federation. The speakers are:

Larry Kane, veteran broadcast journalist and commentator.

Jay Bushinsky, KYW Newsradio Jerusalem Bureau Chief

(Photos copyright © 2006 Steven L. Lubetkin. All rights reserved.) Download the podcast file here (102.6mb mono MP3 file, 01:49:20 length).

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This podcast is JCRC Podcast #1, a recording of a leadership briefing conducted by the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey for its board members and constituent agency leaders, to bring them up to date on developments in Israel during the current conflict. This program was recorded August 2, 2006. The briefing is moderated by Henry Maurer, president of the Jewish Community Relations Council, the Federation's public policy and human relations arm. The speakers are:

Dr. Janine Sobel, president of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, who just returned from an emergency mission to Israel

General Ephraim Lapid, one of Israel's leading authorities in Public and Military Affairs. General Lapid served as a Senior Intelligence officer in the Israel Defense Forces (I.D.F). He has been an instructor at Israel's National Defense College and Headed Israel Army Radio, Galei Zahal.

Download the podcast file here (116.4mb stereo MP3 file, 01:22:46 length).

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